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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2016
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Sören Böldicke, Potsdam, DE;
Martin Spreemann, Berlin, DE;
Eric Stephan ten Have, Berlin, DE;
Gary Richard Trott, San Mateo, CA (US);
Corning Optical Communications LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A fiber coupling device comprising a mounting substrate, at least one optoelectronic and/or photonic chip and at least one first fiber coupling element for coupling an optical fiber to the fiber coupling device is disclosed. The optoelectronic and/or photonic chip has a main surface and comprises an optoelectronic and/or photonic active element couplable to a fiber end-piece of a respective optical fiber. The fiber coupling device further comprises at least one second fiber coupling element which is designed to contact and/or engage with a fiber end-piece of an optical fiber and which is mounted to the main surface of the at least one optoelectronic and/or photonic chip in a position aligned relative to the active element.